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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you’re here, you’re surviving this moment is okay.
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I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.
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Menders of all times and places have taught that silencing the thoughts in our heads and opening to the experience of the body and emotions is the basis of all healing. It's the only means by which we can reclaim our true nature or feel the subtle cues telling us how to find our way through life.
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Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.
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The knowledge of your destiny is available to you, well before it actually happens, as a message streaming continuously from your heart to your brain, written in the language of longing.
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You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.
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To care for someone can mean to adore them, feed them, tend their wounds. But care can also signify sorrow, as in bowed down by cares. Or anxiety, as in Careful! Or investment in an outcome, as in Who cares? The word love has no such range of meaning: It's pure acceptance.
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You shine for who you are ... because no one can steal your light.
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To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.
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If you're miserable, make a choice. If you're still miserable, you can choose again.
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When you're weary, find relief. When you're strong, find delight.
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Whenever you go somewhere that speaks to your soul, you are going home to yourself.
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I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
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Be brave enough to turn away from shiny objects, and toward the light that makes them shine.
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Most of our stress and suffering come not from events, but from our thoughts. Reframe from negative thoughts, and stress subsides.
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I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.
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If you feel stuck in your present life, if you feel no enthusiasm for anything, if you think you have no purpose or that you lost that purpose somewhere along the way, I guarantee you are living in a dungeon made of stories. And that none of those limiting stories are true.
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We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.
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Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it to the extent that you give it your attention.
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